THE 



WILTSHIRE 



Irrjitrnlogiral anil Hataral listmtj 



MAGAZINE. 



No. LIL OCTOBER, 1878. Vol. XVIII. 



Contents, 



PAGE, 



Francis, Fifth Duke of Somerset: By the Rev. Canon Jackson, 



F.S.A 1 



Sheriffs of Wiltshire (Continued) : By the Rev. Canon Jackson, 



F.S.A ' 7 



Longleat Papers, No. 3 (Continued) : By the Rev. Canon Jackson, 



F.S.A 9 



On the Habits of Ants : By Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., 



M.P., D.C.L 49 



On an Early Vernacular Service : By the Rev. H. T. Kingdon ... 62 

 A Biographical Notice of Samuel Brewer, the Botanist, A.D., 



1670 : By T. Bruges Flower, F.R.C.S., F.L.S., &c 71 



Some Notice of William Herbert, First Earl of Pembroke of 



the Present Creation : By J. E. Nightingale, F.S.A 81 



Abury Notes 132 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Extract from Seymour Pedigree 2 



Facsimile of an Aspersio written on spare leaf of a Sarum 



Breviary , 66 



Pembroke's Portrait and Autograph , , 81 



Sketch of Wilton House 8a 



Lady Pembroke's Figure 99 



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